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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 668 (3) The Southern Front is settled

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    Of these two infantry divisions, one is the 1st Kazan Guards Rifle Division, composed of four White Guard officer regiments, and the other is named the 2nd Kazan Guards Rifle Division. They were unwilling to stay in the Volga Federation after the Battle of Ufa.  It is composed of veterans of the White Guards. Their equipment level and combat effectiveness are very strong. They are the trump card and the anchor of the main force of Kolchak's White Guards. They are responsible for guarding Kazan, the last base camp, and there is no room for failure.

    "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, how can this be done? Kazan must not make any mistakes, otherwise the morale of the frontline troops will collapse. When the time comes, there will be no way to retreat and it will be completely over. If Cheboksary is lost, it can be regained."  "If Kazan is lost, I'm afraid the team will be scattered!" Corbin, the commander of the 3rd Cossack Cavalry Division, couldn't help shouting. Although Krashilnikov is his boss, the young division commander can't help it now.  I can't care about the old guy's face anymore.

    "What Alexey Vasilyevich said is right. I think we can temporarily abandon other places except Kazan, which must be defended. As long as the main force of the Soviet Volga Front is eliminated, the entire left bank of the Volga River  Up until Nizhny Novgorod, our world is not yet ours. What¡¯s so great about Cheboksary? If you lose it, you can get more in the future. Although our casualties in the defensive battle in the triangle were not small, Soviet-Russian Berzin  The 3rd Army suffered even greater casualties. If we fight one or two more battles like this, Berzin will become a mere commander!¡±

    Pyatov, the commander of the 4th Cossack Cavalry Division, obviously had the same view as Corbin. The two division commanders had surprisingly consistent opinions. They both obviously accepted Kolchak's gradually adjusted new strategy for fighting the Soviet Red Army, saying  It turned out to be what Voroshilov thought. If you save the land, you will lose the people. If you save the people and lose the land, you will be able to fight back sooner or later.

    "No need to hesitate, it's settled. Let's defeat the 10th Army first and then the north. Then we will deal with the 8th Army and Budyonny's Cavalry Army. The other side wants to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao on the northern front and mobilize us back, but I want to do the opposite.  If it works, if it doesn¡¯t work, let Gliniov lead the three divisions of the Northern Cluster to withdraw to the south bank of Kazan. Then we can rely on the left bank of the Volga River to shrink and concentrate our troops and start a decisive battle with the opponent! "

    The supreme consul of Russia had obviously made up his mind, and then waved his hand and said, "Pass my order to have the 5th, 6th and 7th Cossack Cavalry Divisions behind immediately break camp and march eastward. We will use four and a half cavalry divisions to  Advance eastward on a width of 60 kilometers from north to south of Alatri, and strike a blow at the 10th Army and Budyonny¡¯s Cavalry Division!¡±

    As he spoke, Kolchak turned around and measured the map again, and continued, "From here eastward to the boundary of the 50-kilometer demilitarized buffer zone designated by the Volga Federation, it is about 108 kilometers. We can march 60 kilometers today, and the remaining  The next 40 kilometers will arrive before noon tomorrow, and the attack can be launched at 2 pm. Chief of Staff, send a telegram to Hastings's East Cluster, asking them to start the attack, but not to invest too many troops at once. The purpose is to attract the opponent's attention.  You can't let the fish off the hook!"

    "Yes!" Krashilnikov, the pot-bellied chief of staff of the Western Cluster, managed to stand at attention, and then said cautiously,

    "Commander-in-Chief, what if the opponent's 8th Army moves very quickly and encounters us on the way? Our Western Group Headquarters only has one and a half cavalry divisions at your side. Do you want to mobilize the 5th Cavalry Division to catch up?  After that, let¡¯s break camp and go east?¡± Krashilnikov had to say that he was very thoughtful. If the three cavalry brigades encountered the four main divisions of the opponent¡¯s 8th Army, the battle would be a bit difficult.

    What's more, the Cossack leader is still worried that if Budyonny's cavalry corps in front comes back with a carbine, there will be only one and a half cavalry divisions left here. The opponent has a cavalry corps with at least 2 cavalry divisions. When the time comes, they will fight.  It might be difficult to get up.

    Unexpectedly, Kolchak didn't take it seriously at all. He waved his hand and said, "Don't worry. The 3rd and 4th Cossack Cavalry Divisions are the most elite cavalry units of the White Guards. They only lead 3 cavalry brigades. When they encounter Bujoong  I will repair them just like the Nina gang. As for the 8th Army of the former Soviet Southern Front that came from Tsaritsyn, their commander is not in the army. The leader is just a political commissar. I'm afraid he will come. Besides, our three important  Are the machine gun battalion and four artillery batteries vegetarian?¡±

    "Understood! Here's the order!" Roman Mikhailovich Krashilnikov, who temporarily served as the chief of staff of the Western Cluster, did not dare to say anything more for fear of being criticized by the two cavalry division commanders around him.  Bin and Pyatov looked down upon it, and Kolchak's southern route was finally decided.

    July 29, 1918 - 8:30 Headquarters of the 10th Army of the Soviet Volga Front in Buinsk

    "Comrade Commander, the situation is not good. The main force of the White Guards to the north of our position is still arriving in a steady stream. According to the current reconnaissance, at least 4 infantry divisions of the main force of the East Cluster of the White Guards heading south have appeared ten kilometers away from the front of our defense line.  We are building a field position. We are afraid that we can't just wait and see!"

    The speaker in the war room was Andrei Petrovich Klyuyev, the political commissar of the 10th Army of the Soviet Red Army. He was a political commissar of the army in Kiev, Ukraine. He and Voroshilov were old partners. Of course, he was very fond of the current commander Kyiv.  Ji Si also respects him very much.

    "Andrei Petrovich, my Comrade Political Commissar, the task given to us by the Front Army Headquarters is to hold on to the defense line and wait for the main force of the 8th Army from the south to move north for reinforcements and close the gap on our left wing. We cannot retreat now, except for the newly arrived enemy.  Apart from the four infantry divisions, if those two lingering Cossack Cavalry Divisions 1st and 2nd are chasing us, this battle will be impossible to fight!"

    The new commander of the 10th Army of the Soviet Red Army, Wrangel Mikhailovich Gidis, originally served as the chief of staff of the Soviet Russian Southern Front. Due to Joseph's problem and the merger of the Eastern and Southern Fronts,  After joining the newly established Volga Front, Voroshilov, the former commander of the Soviet 10th Army, was promoted to the new front army headquarters as deputy commander and second political commissar, while Gidis, the former chief of staff of the Southern Front, was transferred to the 10th Army.  The army will be the commander.

    Gidis was a typical Tsarist Russian general. At the beginning of the European War, he was just a captain of the Tsarist Russian Army. Before the February Revolution, he had been promoted to the commander of an infantry regiment. He was a fellow countryman and military school classmate of Sergin, the former commander of the Southern Front, and was a close friend of Yegoro.  The husband and wife also have a good relationship. They both participated in major battles between Germany and Austria and Tsarist Russia on the Eastern Front of Europe. In the Soviet Red Army, they were military expert Red Army generals who came from the Tsarist Russian army but were loyal to the Bolsheviks.
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